POULSBO — The Sequim girls tennis team, behind a sweep from the Wolves’ singles players and a hard-fought doubles victory, beat North Kitsap 4-3 on the road.
Sequim’s Kendall Hastings beat the Vikings’ Teegan DeVries 6-1, 3-6, 6-2. Alexis Gale beat Elaina Soboloski 6-4, 6-2 and Aidyn Shingleton beat Ava Obenberg in straight sets 6-4, 6-1.
In doubles play, the Wolves’ No. 1 duo of Jordan Hegtvedt-Malory Morey had a three-set battle, getting past Kate Ryan and Amber Amos 6-3, 4-6. 7-5.
Sydney Hegtvedt and Danielle Herman lost their doubles match 6-1, 6-1, while Payton Smithson and Ruby Romero lost theirs 6-1, 6-0, and Kimberley Heintz and Taylor Heyting lost 6-0, 6-0.
The Wolves also beat Bremerton 7-0 in their season-opening match last week.
The Sequim tennis team (2-0) was scheduled to host North Mason Tuesday after press deadline. The Wolves’ next scheduled match is at Kingston today.
No 2022 spring black bear season
OLYMPIA — The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission made decisions on spring black bear rulemaking, commercial shellfish rules, land transactions and elected Barbara Baker as chairwoman during its March 17-19 virtual meeting.
The commission voted 5-4 to not establish a 2022 spring black bear special permit season. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife staff will assess the path forward for offering future spring black bear hunting opportunity. The decision on the spring bear special permit rule does not impact the 2022 fall black bear general season, which occurs between Aug. 1 to Nov. 15.
The commission also unanimously approved a suite of revisions to commercial shellfishing regulations, including some changes to logbook or reporting requirements, updates to some commercial crab and shrimp areas, and a variety of updates to gear changes. For more details, see the summary sheet at www.tinyurl.com/shellfishrules2022.
The Commission elected Barbara Baker as the new Fish and Wildlife Commission chairwoman. Baker has served on the commission since 2017.
The meeting was recorded so members of the public who missed it can watch at their convenience at wdfw.wa.gov.
MLB to keep ‘zombie runners’ for 2022
Automatic runners in extra innings are sticking around for a third straight season.
Despite an easing of pandemic restrictions, Major League Baseball and the players’ association reached a tentative agreement to keep the controversial rule starting each team with a runner on second base during extra innings for the 2022 regular season.
The deal is subject to approval by baseball owners, which likely will take place next week, a person familiar with the agreement said Tuesday, speaking on condition of anonymity because no announcement was authorized. The agreement was first reported by the New York Post.
The agreement regarding on-field rules modifications also includes expanding active rosters from 26 players to 28 from opening day on April 7 through May 1 this year, due to the delayed start of spring training.
Another new rule will benefit Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani. With the designated hitter adopted in both leagues, pitchers who start games in the batting order can remain in the game as a DH after leaving the mound. A DH can also enter the game to pitch. That change will apply to multiple seasons.
